SUNY:
Binghamton
Albany
Stony Brook
Buffalo

CUNY:
City College
Hunter College
NYC College of Tech
York College

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Augusta State University
Dalton State University
Georgia State University
Georgia Tech


College Essay

Entitled . . . Pink?

*According to the New American Webster handy College Dictionary 4th Edition.

- Pink (pink) light red color.*- Breast (brest) n. the front of the upper body, enclosing the lungs; the chest.*- Cancer (kan’ser) n. a malignant tumor.*- Breast Cancer (brest kan’ser) n. 1. Cause of death of my beloved aunt Vivian Byrd. 2. Reason Me, Jahmisha Gillard will become an Oncologists.- Oncology (-kol’eje) n. the branch of medical science dealing with tumors. -on-col’o-gist, n. A silent voice. Two piercing eyes. My mind, my soul, aches with pain. Can you hear me? Am I important? Do I deserve this? Why me? What did I do wrong? To place myself in her shoes will be impossible. I am a human being. My heart beats. It beats. Beat. The same as yours. It is impossible for me to feel her pain. I become heavy. Not as in my size. My feet. With each step it becomes harder. My pace slows down. Why do I feel heavy? I cannot move. Can you hear me? My size. I am decreasing. Day after day. Night after night. Do I, Do I deserve this? In my mind I am becoming to feel her. Her pain. So much pain, it hurts. I ask myself . . . why her? I cannot move. I cannot walk. I lie down. I’ve been down. So down. For so long. Am I important? Why me? I imagine being immobilized. Suffering. Unheard. She asks for apple juice. Can you hear her? Ending. My life. It is almost gone. Why me? My eyelids. They are heavy. I am being eaten. It’s eating me alive. I cannot move. I cannot open. . . I cannot open my eyes. Am I gone? Is this the end? Gone. My life. Goodbye Auntie Vivian. You are gone. Why her?



At the age of two, I lost my aunt. Something took her from me. She didn’t ask for this, nor did she deserve it. Breast Cancer. You took her from me. I cannot ever get her back. I do not want anyone else to feel my pain. The loss. The suffering. No one deserves to go like this. I will find a cure. I will help you. Your loss will be gain. I will make you proud! “Am I important?” you are important. I will show you. Prove to you. Oncologist. It sounds perfect. Dr.Gillard. Do you hear me? “Why me?” to help me. To build me. So I can become someone. An Oncologist. Gone? You will forever be alive. I hear you.